Corona Devotionals

Do you remember how you learned that 2x3=6?   Or that 4x7=28?   Times tables.  Studying.  Memorization.  Dedica.tion.  ...and flash cards.   In our home, we learned our times tables by studying flash cards. Our family had (dreaded) rectangular flash cards that held the (unanswered) math equation on one side, and the (full) answered math equation on the flip side.  And we studied those flash cards... alot .  We would partner up with a family member and one person would repeatedly flip through cards in that rectangle deck of equations, until the other person could answer quickly and methodically.   Or until they cried because they couldn't.  ( Whichever came first during that particular flashcard session.) And by the way, this took time.   And repetition.  I did not know  that 9x7=63 right off the bat.  That took time and repetition for me to memorize.  But eventually, and as a result of re...

Happy Father's Day. What does this mean?  What makes  a father happy  or to have cause for joy  on any day, or... today ? The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasure to have children who are wise.  ~Proverbs 23:24  We all have a father... a dad .   Some  man begot us and was the reason we are here today.  Happy Father's Day to him today, whether present or passed.  And if  the father of godly children has cause for joy ...have-we/did-we/ are-we bringing our earthly father joy ?   Did-he or does -he experience pleasure because we  are children who are wise ? It's a bit of a loaded question, and one that can stir up a few (yesterday) regrets in answering.   ( I'm sorry, Dad .)    But perhaps reviewing and reflecting on  Proverbs 23:24 can make us a more godly child   (at any age) to our dads  today. The father of godly children has cause for joy. What a pleasur...

Sometimes I can feel myself drifting ...can you?   Drifting ...toward sin.   Drifting ... toward evil ,  sometimes  in thought, but sometimes in actual action. Don’t let me drift toward evil  today, Lord. Sometimes we digress.  We forget the whole truth of God and we settle for a sliver.  Forgive us, Father. Don’t let me take part in acts of wickedness  today, Lord. Psalm 141 (1) O Lord, I am calling to you. Please hurry!  Listen when I cry to you for help!  (2) Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering. (3) Take control of what I say, O Lord, and guard my lips.  (4) Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts of wickedness.   Don’t let me share in the delicacies of those who do wrong.   ~Psalm 141:1-4 We do drift sometimes, and for this: We are ashamed, Father.   Don’t let me drift toward evil or take part in acts...

I haven't watched a horror movie since high school, and even that one time was just a bad decision at a girls sleepover.   I cover my eyes (and sometimes my ears!) during gory scenes (real or fictional), and in real life I do not like the sight of blood and I've been known to get light headed or even faint at the sight of it.  I'll admit it: I often avoid unpleasant things.  I would prefer not to put myself in the (uncomfortable) position of dealing with things that I do not feel comfortable with...unless it's necessary.   For instance, as a mom, if there is vomit, blood, or other unpleasantries coming from one of my children...I am here to help.  Cleaning, comforting, whatever-is-needed in that moment--I will be present and even pleasant.   But otherwise...I'd rather avoid the unpleasant things of life if I can help it.   And today, I'd rather avoid Revelation Chapter 13 of the Bible, for my comfort and yours. But , for my Bib...

God is moving today. God is doing  today.   God is in-motion  today. God  is springing into action from his holy dwelling today. God has an all-encompassing plan and God has a victorious plan...over you and me (His children) today.   He is (already) doing  it...whatever "it" is in each of our lives.   He ( the Lord !) is in  full  control.  And so, if God  is the One  springing into action from his holy dwelling today...then  what is our role today?   The Bible tells us. God's Word commands us.   And many of us are not going to like hearing what God says for us to "do" today (while He springs into action ). Be silent before the Lord , all humanity, for he is springing into action from his holy dwelling.”  ~Zechariah 2:13  NLT Or: different translation of same verse: Be still before the Lord , all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.”   ~Zechariah ...